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Hi all,
Just a follow up to yesterdays post regarding my replacement Beovison 7-40 MK6 from 2012.
What sort of follwing has the original AV9000 monitor got in this day and age?
After getting it in my head that the AV9000 i had was not worth bothering with to repair due to being in an obsolete format, VHS, and dating from 1994 i honestly thought replacing it with a 3 year old beovision 7-40 Mk6 would be a 100% improvement, i'm now thinking i made a big mistake as i dont really like the new Beovision 7 at all.
Whats other peoples views on here regarding desirability and enjoyment of the old AV9000?
I think the AV9000 was, and is a fantastic looking Beovison, and iconic to the core, build quality is amazing on it compared to the new replacement.
Its just the age and likekyhood of breakdown thats a issue with the AV9000 , or do others think they have been long lasting and reliable.
Still considering getting it fixed.
regards
Phil
Hi Phil,
This is something I have been debating for a while as I have one of the first 2-way versions with the MPAV9000. It s a beautiful TV set and I have the BL8000 and BL6000 as well. I am thinking of putting this TV in my new lounge (when it is built).
I have several problems though, the first is that the TV powers off after a few minutes, hopefully its just a loose solder somewhere and my father in law can fix it.
The other issues I have are in the planning of the wiring for the room, my thoughts are to use the AV9000 for day to day TV viewing, but then for films I want to connect a projector to my Oppo 103 and use the AV9000 for the sound. The AV9000 is only dolby pro-logic so loose the benefit of 5.1 or 7.1 surround sound and also the lack of connections is making the planning difficult (I have an AV2 expander and some HDMI to scart converters. But struggling on how to connect a beogram record player and an olive one
I would love to continue to use the AV9000 but the lack of connections and functions a new NL beovision would bring I am getting to the stage where I think I might just wait for the proposed new Beovision and go for that and make my life a lot easier!
As a standalone TV in a spare room it would be ideal but unfortunately not as a main TV.
Regards
Toby
badgersurf:I have several problems though, the first is that the TV powers off after a few minutes, hopefully its just a loose solder somewhere and my father in law can fix it.
I'll just note on this that it is indeed usually caused by bad solders and bad capacitors, particularly in the line output / power supply sections and the connectors of the deflection coils. It turns off when the internal protection circuits detect that something is wrong.The AV9000 monitor part is very similar to MX6000, you will find a lot more info on that if you search old threads.
--mika
The AV9000 still is great. Only drawback is that it's not 16:9. Picture's still great and sound is likewise. The ProLogic is not much of a downside I'd say. I can compare and have never understood why it's so bashed on. It produces very fine surround sound and the AV9000 is the only surround system of B&O that can be used in two-way mode with the Beolink 7000 and this is quite something. I also don't see how connections are a problem. There is the video kit, which allows you to connect almost any B&O audio products to the TV, including of course record players. What's more, there are two scart connections for consoles (which it is also great for) or decoders or whatever you have. Surround sound with the Beolab 8000s and the Beolab 6000s is still decent I'd say.
Just my opinion and I'm still using a complete AV9000 system.
Cheers,
Kai
Thanks Mika and Kai,
I think this has made up my mind to keep the AV9000 and thanks for the tips on searching for the MX6000, will hopefully make it easier for my father in law to find and fix the fault.
Thanks
thanks for the input, my AV9000 also powers off after 15 min or so, mine is an early 2 way controlled one, but i think its had the software updated to use the beo 4 remote as mine came with the beo4, but looking at the rear on the type numbers its a 2 way model.
What is the software update on these? is it a actual chip that is changed in the AV9000 or is it something thats plugged in that updates it? never understood this.
I also much prefer the dolby pro logic sound to the dolby digital, the older sounds much more like being in the cinema to me.
All i can hear off the new beovision 7-40 is the centre speaker which on mine is the triangular beolab 10, which looks fantastic, but sounds awfull to me.
I really want my AV9000 to be 100% working and with the 2 way controll as i have the beolink 5000 terminal.
Theres very little info out there regarding the AV9000 sets today, it seems they have been very much forgotton.
regards,
Hi Toby,
In regards to conecting a beogram turntable, as long as its one of the later ones with a 7 pin din data link output on it, you can connect it via a beolink converter box.
I'm not 100% sure if the common beolink converter type 1611 units will work ok, but if you can find the original beolink converter type 1610 , also known as the AV900 audio kit, you will defo be able to work this.
I have a full beosystem 4500 all with the 7 pin data link plugs on the back, using the 1610 audio kit you get full intergration with the AV9000, just the same as you would with the original master panel av9000 CD player+tape.